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Hermann Freihold Plüddemann, German (1809 - 1868), Crusaders in sight of Jerusalem. Print,
Harvard Art Museums, European and American Art, R14699

What has been the legacy of the Crusades in art, literature, and popular culture?

This stained glass window shows a depiction of crusaders riding towards Jerusalem

Crusader silver imitative dirham, mint of Acre, 1252 AD.
Obverse: Christian religious texts, mint and date all in Arabic, with large encircled cross pattée in obverse center

Crusader silver imitative dirham, mint of Acre, 1252 AD

Reverse: The Father and the Son/and the Holy Spirit/One God in Arabic

Crusader Imitation of a Dinar of al-Amir

Reverse: Large cross pattée. Arabic legends. In outer ring: We are glorified by the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ the Messiah from Whom we receive out salvation and life. In inner ring: +: and Resurrection, and through whom we are delivered and…

Obverse
Abbreviated Arabic legends. In central field in two lines: One God. Inner circle: +: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Outer circle: Struck in Acre in the year one thousand two hundred, one and ... from the incarnation of the Messiah.

Cowrie money, used in the Kingdom of Bambara, Africa